Costa Ártabra

Costa Ártabra, or Golfo Ártabro, is a coastal area of Galicia, Spain. It is comprised between the costa da Morte and the Rías Altas; it has a maximum width of 5,800 metres, and a depth of 5,600 metres corresponding to the mouth of the River Mero [es] at Santa Cristina beach. Other rivers which have their mouth in the gulf include Mendo [es] and Mandeo [es]. The Romans knew it as Portus Magnus Artaborum and amongst other historical references it is worth mentioning Pomponius Mela, a Roman historian who wrote in the year AD 43.^{[citation needed]}

Costa Ártabra also the name of a nature reserve, a "Special Area of Conservation". This is one of the areas in which the rare Kerry Slug is known to occur.^[1]